Thesaurus:gossiper

Thesaurus

gossiper

English

Noun

Sense: a person who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business

Synonyms

• carrytale
• blab
• blabbermouth
• blabtale (obsolete)
• blabtongue (obsolete)
• busybody
• buzzer (obsolete)
• gossip    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gossiper
• gossipmonger
• meddler
• mouth    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mumblenews (obsolete)
• newsmonger
• rumormonger
• rumourmonger
• scandalmonger
• sleazemonger
• tabby (archaic)
• talebearer
• tattletale
• telltale
• telltale tit (childish)
• titivil (obsolete)
• tittle-tattle
• town crier
• whisperer

Hyponyms

• gadder
• yenta

Hypernyms

• chatterbox    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• bush telegraph
• gossip mill
• grapevine
• jungle telegraph
• mukluk telegraph
• mulga wire
• rumor mill

Various

• busybody
• quidnunc

See also

• Thesaurus:informant
• Thesaurus:gossip (verb)
• Thesaurus:tattle (noun)

Further reading

• “588. conversation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “532. news” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “gossiper” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.